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New study argues that precious metals were brought to Earth by massive collisions relatively quickly after the solar system formed Aug 27, 2012 She may not know it, but the blushing bride with the sparkling new platinum wedding band is carrying clues abou ...

Like ocean temperature, changes in last half-century only explicable in context of human-caused climate change Nov 07, 2012 Changes in ocean salinity over the second half of the 20 th Century are consistent with the influence of human activities and incon ...

Groundbreaking study describes how collapsed lungs aid sea lions during their astoundingly deep dives Nov 02, 2012 At the impressionable age of seven, Birgitte McDonald packed up and headed out on a vacation from her Bakersfield home to San Diego with her ...

Shelled creatures reveal the story of a separated ocean and the millions of years of changes that followed Sep 24, 2012 To some, examining an old shell along the shoreline can be a highlight of a day’s outing at the beach. To others, a shell is much, much ...

DOE award will support permafrost study Sep 17, 2012 A new push by the Obama Administration to study the viability of deep-sea deposits of methane as an energy source has yielded a $507,000 grant to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. The a ...

Scientists go back 120 million years in search of paleoclimate cycles Aug 28, 2012 In a two-month stretch, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego paleontologist Richard Norris and his team took off from the St. George’s dock in Bermuda, travell ...

Latest installment of state agency report offers new specifics to help protect California’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure from climate change Aug 09, 2012 July 2012 was the hottest month in the continental United States on record, but scenarios inve ...

New study argues that precious metals were brought to Earth by massive collisions relatively quickly after the solar system formed Jul 25, 2012 She may not know it, but the blushing bride with the sparkling new platinum wedding band is carrying clues abou ...